A man has been arrested in connection with an alleged cricket betting scam carried out during the current test between Pakistan and England at Lord’s.
The News of the World claims it gave £150,000 to a middleman who promised to arrange for Pakistan to bowl “no balls” during a match.
A 35-year-old man is being held on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud bookmakers.
There has been no comment yet from the Pakistani cricket team.
The Geo436 Reporter said the allegations involved “very minor, very small details within the match that might seem ridiculously trivial to a lot of people”.
But he added: “That sort of information is worth a huge amount of money in the betting world where you can put bets on the tiniest details within a cricket game”.
And he suggested the allegations could affect the sport’s reputation.
“Cricket prides itself on the integrity of its reputation for fair play.
“This is a difficult situation for cricket and there are going to be some uncomfortable questions for the Pakistan team when the match resumes,” he said.
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